Best Horror Movie Titles

BKAllmighty
Sometimes the best way to attract moviegoers into the theatres is to give your movie an unavoidably catchy title. While it doesn't always work, these horror movies may go on being remembered thanks to their lovably intelligent, corny, gross, or simple titles.

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Anybody who has even the slightest idea of what the movie is about will likely shake in their shorts at the very mention of the title. It's known as one of the scariest movies ever made and this catchy title has helped to engrave it into everyone's heads for decades and will surely continue to do so for decades to come. - BKAllmighty

3Night of the Living Dead

Back in 1968 a lot of attention was paid to this little project. And why would it not? This was a very different time, after all, and the ratings system was all over the place. Basically five-year-olds could get in to see this when it first came out. You'd think with a title like this parents would've had enough sense to properly keep their children away from it. - BKAllmighty

4The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

As is often the case, within and outside of this list, the simple titles make the best ones. Just say what the movie is about and you've got a classic! Actually, be careful about that. if 'Gone Girl', 'The Sixth Sense', or 'Soylent Green' went with that approach it wouldn't have worked out so well for them. - BKAllmighty

5The Cabin in the Woods

After roughly 40 years of horror movies taking place inside cabins located in the woods, it was about time someone made a movie with this title, horror, comedy, horror-comedy, or otherwise. It's made even better thanks to the fact that the movie ended up being one of the most original movies of its kind. Oh, Joss, you never let us down! - BKAllmighty

The whole movie had me superglued to my seat with cellotape around me. - SuperHyperdude

6The Thing

How else would you describe an alien that can turn itself into any living thing? You'll certainly have a difficult time describing its appearance. Calling it the "THING" is just about as specific as you can get. Mind you, this movie was made as a loose remake of the 1951 film "The Thing from Another World", so you can't give full credit to John Carpenter and his crew for crafting the name. However, you can give them credit for simplifying it enough to make it iconic. - BKAllmighty

7Carnival of Souls

While it didn't really have much of an effect when it came out in 1962, 'Carnival of Souls' has developed a cult following in recent years and is cited as a major influence of both David Lynch (Eraserhead) and George.A. Romero (The Living Dead franchise). But, easily, the best thing about this movie is the title. For horror fans, like me, this title is just overflowing with awesomeness. Maybe we'll get a remake someday. - BKAllmighty

8The Town That Dreaded Sundown

This movie was given a "meta-sequel" in 2014, and was obviously given the same title as the original. You don't take a memorable name like that and throw it away. Part of its brilliance is how it could describe almost every horror movie (especially in the Slasher genre) ever made. Of course, even with its mixed critical reception, it remains a cult favorite for horror movie fans everywhere. - BKAllmighty

9Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

When your movie has been made for less than $100,000, is a parody horror-comedy, and has a bunch tomatoes acting as the antagonists, there's really no way around naming it anything else other than this. Thank goodness for that. Add the fact that it was made in the 1970's and you've got gold. You know, if rottentomatoes.com ever made a movie about itself, this would probably fit quite nicely as the title. - BKAllmighty

I'm giving the credit to the 2012 film over the 1989 film (since that one was a television film that basically no one knew about). Based on a book of the same name, 'The Woman in Black' has a title that tells us two things. One, that the bad guy (or, rather, girl) is a woman (which makes it terrifying enough), and two, that she's wearing all-black (which means she means business). Sadly she was away on business during the making of the 2015 sequel so they used a double and that's why the sequel stunk. The End. The moral of the story is to make sure your movie is as good as its title. - BKAllmighty